- #1 REliC
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WEM3
Windows
WEM3 presents their debut horror adventure! Wield your camera to materialize invisible entities and reveal the hidden truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.3%, Adventure 22.2%, First-Person 15.1%, Exploration 12.8%, Horror 11.4%
- #2 GhostlyRyokan
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
An abandoned inn where lost souls wander, your decision will determine its outcome.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Adventure 21.4%, First-Person 14.3%, Exploration 12.8%, Horror 9.7%
- #3 Sumigami
96% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: kakukaku_works
Windows
Sumigami is a walking simulator set in a world of enigmatic creatures. Ranging from wholesome to horrific, each encounter pulls you deeper into a haunting journey with a unique visual style.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.8%, Stealth 17.7%, Adventure 15.1%, Exploration 13%, Horror 11.7%
- #4 obakeyashiki
95% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Gattorocco
Windows
Find your way out of a haunted house like a maze. A first-person horror exploration adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.7%, Adventure 17.1%, Horror 13.4%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 13.2%
- #5 Caution Ahead: Part 3
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ionic Relay
Windows
Descend into darkness as John, a search and rescue officer reaching the final destination of the journey. Explore claustrophobic mines in this horror experience that blends atmospheric exploration with stealth-based survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Adventure 18.9%, First-Person 13.7%, Stealth 13.5%, Exploration 11.5%
- #6 Selling Souls
93% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Taiga
Windows
Something is wrong with this store
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Adventure 19.5%, First-Person 19.1%, Horror 18.5%, Exploration 9%
- #7 Ether One
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 447 reviews2014
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, Adventure 17.6%, First-Person 17%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #8 Liminality
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liminality Studios
Windows
Liminality sets in the near future, where humanity discovers a liminal hell full with anomalies, explore multiple unique levels with increasing difficulty and teamwork, good luck on your next expedition.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Comedy 13%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 10.2%
- #9 ❌ M A N D A T O R Y ✅
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows
- - - - - - - Your participation is NOT OPTIONAL ❌🔒 Productivity is key. 💻 🌣 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMPLIANCE is required. 📝 ✅
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Adventure 20.6%, First-Person 14.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Horror 11.2%
- #10 Strange Midnight
91% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Red Forest Games
Windows
The plot of the game will tell about the adventures of Alice, about her feelings for her grandfather.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Adventure 20.3%, First-Person 13.8%, Horror 12.6%, Exploration 12.3%
- #11 Tuya
90% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Taiga
Windows
A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Adventure 19.9%, Horror 18%, First-Person 14.4%, Exploration 8.2%
- #12 Good Boy The Long Night
89% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Clanker Games
Windows
A 1st person horror game that lets you see the world from a different perspective. Experience the long night as human`s best friend, a dog. Walk through the long night in search of your owner and discover what secrets and dangers you'll encounter along the way.
Why similar: Adventure 22.4%, Stealth 19%, First-Person 16.2%, Exploration 13.6%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #13 Chestnut Grove
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Philip Drobar
Windows · Mac
How do you go about your life when self-isolation has become the new normal? CHESTNUT GROVE is based on my personal experience of quarantine and features 100% real documents and notices.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.5%, Adventure 22.1%, First-Person 14.3%, Exploration 13.2%, Dark 7%
- #14 Fragments of Fear
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pradyum Mistry
Windows
A VHS found-footage horror anthology where everyday chores become your worst nightmares. Experience a growing collection of bite-sized analog horror episodes, from a late-night trip to the laundromat to a terrifying walk home. Can you survive the mundane?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Exploration 13.8%, First-Person 13.7%, Stealth 13.5%, Horror 10.6%
- #15 my brother lives in a canyon
87% matchVery Positive93% of 87 reviews2021
Dev: Kenneth Dodrill
Windows · Linux
my brother lives in a canyon is a short adventure game about two brothers reminiscing over short-wave radios.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.9%, Adventure 20.7%, First-Person 15%, Exploration 12.1%, Drama 11.6%
- #16 You Are Liam: Shadow Memories
86% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Aaron WisePub: Trial By Fire Games
Windows
You have done some things you're not proud of. Now you must enter your own mind to come to terms with the things you've done. Loop around rooms, solve puzzles and hide from different monsters as you uncover your own truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Adventure 11%, First-Person 10.4%, Drama 10%, Exploration 9.9%
- #17 The Lost Experiment
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NeoPixel Games
Windows
It is 1997. Farhad, an investigative journalist, arrives at an abandoned military base to uncover the truth behind a silenced 1986 meteor crash. But as he delves deeper into the forest, he finds that the debris isn't the only thing buried here. Some headlines are better left unwritten.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Adventure 18.8%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 11.2%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #18 Beyond The Thaw
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Payara Games
Windows
You are Max Gilbert, a former military doctor. While taking a trip to your usual place of stay, the next moment you find yourself alone in the middle of nowhere, fighting fierce cold and facing series of trials. What is it: reality or mind games, behind which lies your deep secret?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Stealth 15.8%, America 11.6% ★, Drama 9.7%, First-Person 9.5%
- #19 SIGNAL
85% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: RPavel
Windows
A game in the genre of horror that tells you the story of the main character named John who works on the space station Atlant. You will find a leisurely gameplay with elements of small puzzles and story narration through the onboard crew records. Welcome to the space station Atlant!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.9%, First-Person 18.7%, Adventure 16.8%, Horror 15.7%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #20 BUNKER
84% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Pavel RyabtsevPub: RPavel
Windows
A game in the genre of horror that will immerse you in the story of a prisoner who had a chance to try to get out of the bunker in which strange things happen. In the game you will have to solve small puzzles, learn the history of the game while reading diaries and of course hide.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, First-Person 15.9%, Horror 15.1%, Stealth 12.1%, Adventure 11.3%
- #21 Kach
83% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Adventure 16.5%, Horror 15.8%, First-Person 9.6%, Exploration 8.9%
- #22 Lantern of Remembrance
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: KAWAUSO FORGE
Windows
A faint light is your only clue. A branching psychological horror through memory and darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.7%, First-Person 16.5%, Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 14%, Horror 12.5%
- #23 My Grandparent's House
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Javier González
Windows
A first-person survival horror experience where you must play as a ten years old boy exploring a horrifying house and unraveling the mystery that lies within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Adventure 17.3%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 10%, Stealth 9.6%
- #24 Unmixable Syrup
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: asobinuku
Windows
I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.4%, First-Person 16.8%, Adventure 16%, Exploration 15.3%, 3D 2.6%
- #25 Maskerade: The Deadpan Cry
81% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Spiky Duck
Windows
Maskerade: The Deadpan Cry is a first-person narrative oriented Survival Horror game, where you incarnate a young girl who has been kidnapped and forced to work as a ballerina in a terrific and mysterious cabaret, from which she must find a way to escape from the clutches of the Madame who runs it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Adventure 18%, Drama 10.3%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 9.7%
- #26 INSERT GAME HERE
78% matchVery Positive94% of 808 reviews2025
Dev: Ayush Vaibhav GoyalPub: Game Manager #2694
Windows · Mac · Linux
Got it! You're asking me to generate a short Steam description for a FPS that's dramatic, with shades of comedy, suspense, thrills, soft horror, emotional moments, and bombastic action. "[INSERT GAME HERE] is a-
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Comedy 18.6%, First-Person 13.9%, Drama 12%, Adventure 10.2%
- #27 Graverobber
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: batwimp
Windows
Graverobber is a digger game about opening graves for profit while avoiding patrolling guards, traps, and whatever might be buried beneath the soil.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Adventure 20.5%, Stealth 12.9%, Exploration 11.7%, First-Person 11.4%
- #28 Enthaur : Lost in Slumber
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: PerWeak StudioPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Enthaur is a poetic and visceral solo first person journey where players are launched in a decaying world made of flesh, where they need to play with body-like mechanics to survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Stealth 19.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Exploration 14.9%, Horror 12.7%
- #29 Haybale
78% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SuchapestPub: Pest Control Studio
Windows
Game takes place on a Farm field with Hay Bales everywhere. You enter this place out of curiosity! But little did you know you'll face your greatest fear!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.6%, Adventure 19.4%, First-Person 17.9%, Horror 11.9%, 3D 4.6%
- #30 Maze Escape
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: zzong
Windows
This game is to escape the maze while avoiding zombies and obstacles. Use the item and remember the way you came to escape from the maze. Good luck.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Adventure 18.5%, Horror 12%, Stealth 10.2%, First-Person 9.8%
- #31 Escape from the Village
79% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Taiga
Windows
You are on your way home from a holiday and your car breaks down and you are stranded in the middle of nowhere. You get out of the car, explore the surroundings, and try to get home. Enjoy this escape game set in a deserted mountain village in modern Japan.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.1%, Adventure 24.2%, First-Person 18.9%, Horror 14.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #32 Echoes of the Museum
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vania Studios
Windows
"Echoes of the Museum" immerses you in a first-person psychological horror set inside a corrupted museum. You are Alicia, a restoration student drawn into a nightmare where collecting souls opens sealed paths, but slowly erodes your sanity and distorts reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Adventure 16.9%, First-Person 10.5%, Exploration 10%, Drama 9.9%
- #33 9 To Ashes
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Noctavera Creative Works
Windows
Survive an intense horror inspired by Indonesian folklore. Evade the cunning Tuyul and other astral beings, explore eerie, haunted environments, and uncover sinister secrets hidden within the supernatural darkness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Exploration 13.8%, First-Person 11.2%, Stealth 9.8%, Horror 8.9%
- #34 Nightwatch
76% matchMixed50% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Ratkiw Studio
Windows
Nightwatch is a first-person mystery game that plays out in the woods of Rivertidecreek, a walking simulator that features choices of dialogues and different puzzles. The artwork will make you feel absorbed in the game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, First-Person 12.9%, Horror 12.1%, Comedy 11.7%, Adventure 11.1%
- #35 Wasteland Horror Radio: Episode 2 - The Lighthouse
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HsRetroGames
Windows
Wasteland Horror Radio: Ep. 2 - The Lighthouse: Back in the late 1890's.. While her friends wait, a young girl re-enters an old derelict lighthouse alone to retrieve a lost heirloom. Moments later, she would vanish forever..
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37%, Adventure 21.1%, First-Person 15.2%, Exploration 12.8%, Horror 8.6%
- #36 Chior
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DariusPub: Steel Rain Studios
Windows
You had a pretty rough fall. Trying to regain your composure you try to look around before realizing you can't see anything. Hope that your other senses will serve you better.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Adventure 21.1%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 10.4%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #37 Hanako in the abandoned school
75% matchPositive89% of 45 reviews2022
Dev: IKA Games
Windows
This is a walking simulator game where the story takes place in an abandoned school.You must escape the curse of Hanako and escape alive.Explore the school and collect the materials left behind to uncover what once happened in this school and find a way to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.4%, First-Person 17.7%, Adventure 16.3%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 6.6%
- #38 The Immemorial Order
74% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Dan GibsonPub: Wicksley Games
Windows
After living in your new house for a few months, you discover the previous owners have left behind some items that were never meant to be found.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Comedy 18.9%, Horror 15.8%, Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 5.9%
- #39 Just a Stay at the Inn
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 箱庭Prot
Windows
A horror-inspired game set in a Japanese inn, similar to Exit 8. Random anomalies occur as you explore, bringing new scares with each run. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.7%, First-Person 18%, Adventure 15.7%, Horror 13.8%, 3D 4.5%
- #40 AEON DIRECTIVE: THE INTERVIEW
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: KiesFiesDev
Windows
50 binary questions. Infinite consequences. Observe every detail... the environment could change. Fail to notice an anomaly, and you fail the test. The further you progress, the more rooms you have to remember. Permadeath.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.2%, First-Person 15.9%, Adventure 15%, Exploration 13.2%, Horror 9.4%
- #41 Home Invader
72% matchNo user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Damn Boi Studios
Windows
A first-person psychological stealth thriller set inside a private villa. Infiltrate, gather critical intel, steal what you can, and escape unnoticed where silence is your only protection & every sound you make could be your last.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Adventure 17.4%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 10%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #42 Legacy of Epstein: Foul Dreamer
71% matchPositive96% of 45 reviews2024
Dev: GZ Storm
Windows
Following the events of his "Bad Omen", Juglio arrives in the fallen city of Gettysburg to search for his friend Lenny.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Comedy 23.7%, Adventure 14.9%, Exploration 11.6%, Horror 9.2%
- #43 Escape Escape
72% matchVery Positive85% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
You awaken in a mysterious room and promptly clear items from the desk. The individual behind this watches in surprise on the monitor. "Hey! What are you doing? Let me play my game!" "Escape Escape" is an adventure where you explore, interact, and advance through maps and characters.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Comedy 19.3%, First-Person 15.1%, Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 10.5%
- #44 Unseen: 2002
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: First Impact Group
Windows
An ordinary home video from 2002 takes a terrifying turn as you get lost in the Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, First-Person 14%, Exploration 13.7%, Stealth 12.6%, Horror 10.9%
- #45 Darkness Ahead
73% matchMixed52% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Useless MachinesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.
Why similar: Adventure 23.1%, Walking Simulator 23%, Horror 14.4%, First-Person 12.2%, Exploration 8.6%
- #46 Jotunn - Day of Judgement
70% matchPositive87% of 46 reviews2022
Dev: Wetterfest
Windows
Alone you find yourself stranded in a dark and mysterious norse forest, tasked by the gods to acitvate the forests magical runestones to open the Serpent-Gate. But you are not alone. A vicious creature lurks in the shadows of the misty forest...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.4%, Adventure 15.4%, First-Person 12.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Stealth 9.1%
- #47 Seven Scarecrows
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Two Cypresses
Windows
In the quiet dusk of abandoned fields, an endless cycle unfolds. As a solitary figure, you find yourself revisiting the same hushed evening, where spooky shifts emerge with each repetition.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, Adventure 22.5%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 11.9%, Horror 7%
- #48 The 3rd Building 三教
71% matchMixed57% of 180 reviews2021
Dev: F-Greetings
Windows
“Remember it? Remember it! ” I can’t remember anything. Somebody keeps speaking to me: ”Where are you? Where are you? ” I need to go into my mind and find myself! I have come to this place named “The Third Building”. My memory is buried here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Adventure 20.3%, Stealth 19%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 13%
- #49 Motherland
70% matchMixed60% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: My Way Games
Windows
Motherland (A sad fairytale for adults) is an indie-game that allows you to immerse in the atmosphere of a provincial town during the epidemic.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, First-Person 13.4%, Stealth 11.7%, Horror 10.5%, Comedy 8%
- #50 Black Room
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SadOwl Studio
Windows
Black Room is a first-person psychological horror game focused on story and experience. What starts as a night in a motel will pull you deep within the human psyche, leaving you grasping for an exit – and not only for yourself.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Stealth 15.3%, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 12.4%, Adventure 11.8%
- #51 Night of the Wererat
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Witchy Cat Studios
Windows
A cheesy short horror game where you play as an exterminator on a dark and rainy night. The house has rats within its walls, but what if something more sinister lies deep within the home? Survive and complete your job, or face down the wrath of the wererat!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.1%, First-Person 15.9%, Exploration 15.8%, Horror 12.7%, Adventure 12.6%
- #52 Soviet Village
68% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
A deadly search for a grandmother in the village. Can you escape the loop? Unpredictable horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.3%, Adventure 18.5%, First-Person 13.9%, Exploration 12.3%, Horror 6.6%
- #53 Firewatch
69% matchVery Positive91% of 96,852 reviews2016
Dev: Campo SantoPub: Panic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, First-Person 13.2%, Adventure 13%, Exploration 9.7%, Story Rich 8%
- #54 Moaning Moron of the Mountain
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Andman4
Windows
Moaning Moron of the Mountain is an adventure thriller that puts you in the place of a college student who got a love letter and an invitation to the local mountain peak. But be warned, there is a mysterious man on the mountain harassing hikers. Sneak past him and meet your sweetheart!
Why similar: Stealth 18.8%, Exploration 17.7%, First-Person 17.1%, Comedy 14%, Adventure 13.9%
- #55 My Day Challenge
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: MindlessFinn
Windows
A short, atmospheric horror experience about daily life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34%, Horror 19%, First-Person 15.1%, Exploration 14.9%, Adventure 13.4%
- #56 Death Motel
67% matchVery Positive82% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Death Motel is a short, intense first-person horror experience about the paranormal events occurring at abandoned Crimson Motel.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.5%, Adventure 20.7%, Horror 19.5%, First-Person 16.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #57 White Silence
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: TEStudio
Windows
After crashing in the winter wilderness, you wake up in the middle of a blizzard. The forest is dead, the roads are gone, communication is lost. The only chance of salvation is a village hidden in the snow.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.5%, Adventure 20.4%, First-Person 15.3%, Exploration 12.8%, Horror 6.2%
- #58 Descend
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Josh Green
Windows · Linux
Descend is a faithful depiction of SCP-087.
Why similar: Adventure 24%, Horror 22.1%, Walking Simulator 22%, Exploration 14.7%, First-Person 12.4%
- #59 Never Again
68% matchVery Positive80% of 922 reviews2019
Dev: Primary Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Stealth 14.6%, Drama 11.8%, Horror 10.2%, First-Person 10.1%
- #60 Fox Pines
65% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Smuttheir Studios
Windows
A short horror-experience made by a solo developer. Explore the abandoned Fox Pines park in search of your missing brother—but something is out here with you. Follow the trail he left behind, and track him down...if you can survive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.1%, First-Person 16.3%, Horror 16.1%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 9.7%